Word: sorting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...curriculum have recently caused some sweeping changes in almost all of our sister universities, Harvard alone has remained unaltered. Ever since Yale and Princeton took steps toward the abolition of classical requirements and the "liberalization" of admission examinations, men interested in the welfare of the University have wondered what sort of a change would come in Harvard. But, with the fighting ended over a year ago, nothing unexpected has happened...
...correct--at Harvard. May I also suggest that when a speaker as interesting as Mr. Humphries is found to sustain the other side, we refrain from attributing to him unpopular sentiments about American government; from indignant letters demanding his suppression; from veiled editorials suggesting that he is "not the sort of man"; from abusing him indiscriminately as a "subtle propagandist" and a "credulous sentimentalist;" and from the argumentum ad hominem generally. Apart from any question of courtesy or dignity, this sort of thing is an insult to the intelligence of the University. If a man is lying to call...
...there are some things which, although carried on under free speech, are only excesses, and in no way promote the purposes for which free speech was instituted and is now supported. Legally, these excesses cannot be prevented without imposing some sort of powerful censorship; and such censorship could not be applied by the government without destroying the liberty which can be so beneficial. Not prohibited by the law, propaganda creeps in and is accepted by many as an almost essential part of freedom of speech. Men may talk on paper-dolls and tin soldiers, but that cannot be set among...
...address a body of students. Here again, no one will deny the "right" to extend the invitation. It is not that Mr. Humphries looks favorably on certain phases of Soviet government. Many of us may see its good points. But the fact is that Mr. Humphries is not the sort of man who should be encouraged to speak in Harvard halls, nor are his methods suited to give his audience a true conception of Russian conditions...
...That sort of statement we think is due to Japanese influence and is a slander on the Chinese people because we do care and are very concerned as to what is done in Shantung...